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| The Swinging Blue Jeans The Swinging Blue Jeans are a four piece 1960s BritishMerseybeat band, best known for their hitsingles with the HMVlabel; "Hippy Hippy Shake", the follow up, Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly", and "You're No Good".
The group was founded by Ray Ennis and Les Braid in 1957, as a jazz influenced skiffle sextet group, called the Blue Genes.They switched to rock and roll, and with a name change to reflect their attire, to the Swinging Blue Jeans. This earned them a recording contract with HMV with record producer, Walter Ridley.
The Swinging Blue Jeans performed on many popular TV shows in the United Kingdom and Europe, appearing with The Beatles, Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Searchers, and The Merseybeats. Finding themselves trying to keep up with the rapidly changing times, the band recorded a second album at Abbey Road during early 1966 which was released in Canada. In 1967, the band's producer Wally J.Ridley decided to try and transform Ray Ennis into a solo star, cutting the disc "Tremblin'" with session musicians and vocal back up by Madeline Bell and Kiki Dee, but it was ultimately released under the bands name. June 1968 saw a one off disc credited to "Ray Ennis and The Blue Jeans". The band then changed their name to Music Motor for a one off single on Deram, "Happy b/w Where Am I Going" after which they reverted back to The Swinging Blue Jeans name and the band eventually retired to the cabaret circuit.[2]The Swinging Blue Jeans, continued with Ray Ennis as the only original.
After several years on the road with his other line up, Ray stopped in May
2010 there, where it all began, in Liverpool. His band continues with his blessings and they will do in thethey will do in the same way as they did in their years with Ray.
Lovely music, still brought by the same good musicians will continue to be one of the frequently asked oldie bands in the top scenes of the oldie nights, festivals and gigs. | |
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